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@auch tutes utmtt @frn J. O. LEWIS, OF WORCESTER. MASSAOHUSETTS. ,Letters .Patent No. 72,509, dated December 24, 1867.

IMPROVED CARD-GRINDING CYLINDER.

KNOW AALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

That I, J. O. LEWIS, of the city and county of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Score and Spur-Grinders for Grinding Card-Teeth; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication, in whieh- ,Y Figure I represents arperspective view of my improved grinder, and

Figure 2 representsla longitudinal central section of thesame.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my inventionbelongs to lmake and use the same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail. v y

In the drawings, A represents the grinding-cylinder or wheel, which has heretofore been made smooth en its outer surface, and then covered with a coating of emery. As thus made, it has been objectionable-in that some ofthe particles of emery would project out further than the rest, and thus cause unequal grinding of the card-teeth,and, in some cases, cause injury to the teeth.

To obviate the above and other objections, I make the outer ring or rim B of the grinder Aof wrought or malleable metal, and then cut out the surface, so as to form even teeth or projections a, after which the teeth or projections a are properly tempered or case-hardened. 'Rim B is then properly fitted to the metal core C,

or other core of suitable form, and the card-grinder thus made can then be operated in any ordinary or suitable manner, and by any offthe well-known means now in use.

My invention has been tested, and has been found to work well, and the results are surprising to all who.

have witnessed its operation. If preferred, a coating of.emery may be applied to the teeth a.

Having described my improved grinder for grinding card-teeth, what I claim therein as new and of my invention, is y Making the rim or metal part B with a series of teeth a, substantially as shown and described.

J.'O. LEWIS.:

Witnesses:

THos. H. Denen, D. L. MILLER. 

